French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant.

Fabien Roussel, a representative of the French Communist Party, said after the meeting that “Macron referenced a scenario that could lead to intervention [of French troops]: the advancement of the front towards Odesa or Kyiv.”

He noted that the French President showed parliamentarians maps of the possible directions of strikes by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Following the meeting, Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally party noted that “there are no restrictions and no red lines” in Macron’s approach.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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      Despite all the jokes, The French have won more wars than any other country in history. They were exhausted by the time 1940 rolled around

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        They’re country is right in the middle of one of the areas of the world with the most wars of all time, and it stretches from coast to coast. That alone says a ton.

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          You make it sound like France was stuck in with everyone else when thar is infact untrue, everyone else was stuck in with France. After all I doubt a medieval country on the defensive would conquer from fucking Catalonia to fucking Ponnonia and Carinthia. And thats just the start I dont think I need to explain what Napoleon did.

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            I can’t make any sense of what you just said. Could you explain further?

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        They were exhausted by the time 1940 rolled around

        They were not worthy of the mantle of responsibility

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          Neither is any current western Nation (maybe Poland and Finland excused)

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      Don’t fuck with the French.

      But what if I … oh, you meant that as a figure of speech. Got it.

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            AI? I took this photo myself when I was in France during the croissant harvesting season!

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              Wait. Was this taken in the Croissante region? It’s just that they’re very particular about this, and I just want to make sure those are, in fact, croissant fields, and not sparkling crescent rolls.

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                Also his left hand only has 3 fingers. Either that or the pinky has a similar texture to the ground. Hard to tell based on the lighting.

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                  that’s because harvesting croissants uses really dangerous sharp tools to cut them off the stems and workers lose digits all the time. It’s why the French have great single payer healthcare.

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                    Of course, I should have thought about what would happen if you try to tear a fresh croissant from the stem without cutting it.

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              Maybe, but if you look at the man’s left hand then is he Jesus? What is that? A weird watch or a stake?

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      They surrendered to the Germans after putting up a brave fight for ** checks notes ** 5 weeks.

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        It was a good demonstration of the blitzkrieg tactic. Hitting hard and fast with aircraft, tanks and troop carriers without giving the enemy time to regroup or resupply. By the time the French knew what was happening it was too late to mobilize.

        The tactic couldn’t be counted until the opposing side had enough firepower to stall it which would’ve taken too long and by that time defeat is a guarantee.

        Soviets were given tanks, aircraft, factories, everything they needed to counter the Germans later in the war which halted their army and that’s when the blitzkrieg fell apart.

        Blitzkrieg is effective but only when your moving faster than the enemy can regroup and counter

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          Except that most German units were not motorized and highly reliant on horse-drawn carts. French tanks were more numerous, better armed and better armored - but they were used less effectively. France was fighting WW1 part deux, whereas Germany was using their inferior equipment more effectively. The entire thing was still a gamble and by no means the foregone conclusion at the start.

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        Meanwhile, 'murica: let’s make a lot of money by selling war machines to both sides :)